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Best impersonation removal services in 2026: fifteen options and what each one costs
We sell one of these, so read this knowing that. Every price below comes from the company's own pricing page, read on 10 or 20 October 2026, and the sources are at the bottom. Two questions sort most of the options: what is the fake actually doing to you, and do you want it handled once or watched for every month?
The prices, side by side
| Service | What it costs | Fake profiles listed? | Who files the report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thuros removal Us | $179, one time, for every fake we find across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube | Yes. That is the whole service | A person, as your authorized representative. Re-files where the first decision goes the wrong way |
| Thuros monitoring Us | $25, $50 or $100 a month; 15% off annually | Yes | Essential $25: you file, with our kit. Defend $50: we file up to 3 a month. Managed $100: up to 10 |
| DMCA.com | $199 per site (Standard); $399 and $599 tiers; $10 a month do-it-yourself toolkit | Yes: “impersonating accounts” is on its takedown page | Its team, on Standard and above |
| Ceartas | From $69 a month; impersonation and fake profiles are listed from the $169 Elite plan; VIP $349 | From Elite ($169) up | “Manual takedown requests”; the page doesn't say by whom |
| BranditScan | $69 a month or $690 a year; White Glove $149 a month | Not listed as a plan feature. Plans list “social media removals” | Automated DMCA takedowns; White Glove adds a personal concierge |
| Remove.tech | $99 to $399 a month ($79 to $319 billed annually); no one-time option | From the $199 Basic plan | AI plus “copyright experts” |
| DMCA Masters | $89, $179 or $359 a month, by how many usernames are covered (1, 5 or 12); unlimited takedowns; no annual plan | Yes. Filed under each platform's impersonation policy, not as DMCA notices | Its team, as your designated agent |
| Fraudox | Free for one submission; $50 a month for 10 confirmed removals, $120 for 30; enterprise by quote. Bills only for confirmed removals | Yes, plus fake websites and apps | Fraudox, under its own name |
| Likeness | $49 a month (a monthly scan of five platforms) or $129 (every two weeks, all platforms, cease-and-desist letters); agencies by quote | Yes: impersonation reports alongside DMCA and copyright claims | Likeness |
| RemoveWise | $2,000, $3,500 or $5,000 a month; a one-time option is priced on request | Yes. Platform coverage depends on the tier: the entry tier is YouTube only | Filings drafted and reviewed by a licensed attorney |
| ZeroFox | No public price; annual enterprise bundles by quote | Yes, including executive impersonation | In-house analysts plus automated takedowns |
| Loti | Free, with 5 takedowns a month; Premium $25 a month or $200 a year, up to 30 | Not stated. Built on face and voice matching | Automated takedowns |
| Meta Verified | $11.99 a month on the web, $14.99 in the app, per profile; Facebook and Instagram only | “Meta will remove accounts that we determine are pretending to be you” | Meta decides; you get chat and email support |
| A lawyer | Minc Law publishes $5,000 to $10,000 for matters that don't go to court, $20,000 to $60,000+ for litigation | Can act on anything the law covers | A lawyer, with demand letters and court orders when needed |
| Fiverr gig | About $30 to $100 per account, from our September review of the listings | Yes, in the gig titles | A stranger. Check how before you pay |
| Doing it yourself | Free | Every platform has an impersonation form | You, with your own ID |
Prices are as each company listed them on 10 October 2026 and will change. Ceartas also advertises 50% off the first month on every plan, and BranditScan's first month of Premium is $34.50. Meta is moving Verified into a new subscription called Meta One, whose Essential plan is $14.99 a month.
Which one fits what is happening to you
One fake account, or a few, and you want them gone
This is the case most people are in, and it is the one most of the table isn't built for: everything priced monthly assumes you want ongoing scanning. Only two listed offers are a one-time fee for removing fake profiles. DMCA.com charges $199 per site at its Standard level, so fakes on Instagram and TikTok read as $398; ask them how they count before you buy. We charge $179 once for every fake we find across all four platforms, file as your representative, re-file where the first decision goes against you, and refund the share of the fee for any confirmed fake that isn't verified down within 30 days.
If it's one fake and you have an afternoon, you may not need anyone. Our guides walk through the Instagram, TikTok and Facebook reports step by step, and the TikTok and Instagram pages cover what to do when a report comes back with nothing. If a fake TikTok uses your name and you have no TikTok account, this guide covers the form that needs no login.
You want monthly cover and only want to pay for what comes down
Fraudox bills against confirmed removals: $50 a month covers 10, and a failed attempt doesn't count. DMCA Masters charges a flat monthly fee by how many usernames it watches, from $89 for one, with unlimited takedowns. Our Defend plan is $50 a month with daily scans and up to 3 filings. Pick by how many fakes you expect a month, not by the headline price.
A business, its executives, or its staff are being impersonated
That is ZeroFox's market: annual bundles sold through a demo, with no public price. RemoveWise, at $2,000 a month and up with attorney-drafted filings, is built for public figures and institutions. Both are more than an individual needs.
Your paid content is leaking
If the problem is your photos or videos being reposted on leak sites and forums, that is what Ceartas and BranditScan are built around, and it is not what we do. We don't search leak sites. Their entry plans start at $69 a month.
AI fakes of your face or voice
Loti matches your face and voice, and its free plan files 5 takedowns a month, so it costs nothing to try. The gap to know about: a fake that copies your name and username but uses someone else's photo, or none, gives a face-matching tool nothing to match. More on that in Loti's free tier vs a human filing.
Someone is threatening you, defaming you, or you need to know who it is
Go to a lawyer. No removal service, us included, can tell you who is behind a fake account, because only a court order makes a platform hand that over. If money was taken, report it to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov and to your local police.
You only use Facebook and Instagram and want the badge anyway
Meta Verified gives you the blue badge and Meta's own impersonation monitoring for one profile. It doesn't cover TikTok or YouTube, and Meta decides what counts as impersonating you. Our Meta Verified page goes through what it does and doesn't do.
How to compare any of them, including us
- Does it list fake profiles, or only copyright? A copyright notice removes your photos and videos. It does nothing about an account that took your name and posts nothing of yours. Check that impersonation is named on the plan you are buying, not one tier up.
- Who files, and in whose name? The platforms want the report to come from you or someone authorized to act for you. Ask whether a person files, and under what authorization.
- What happens if it isn't removed? Nobody controls the platform's decision, so anyone guaranteeing removal is overpromising. Look for a stated filing time and a refund policy instead. Our scam checklist has six signs to walk away from.
- Monthly or once? Fakes do come back, which is the case for monitoring. But if you have one problem today, a subscription that starts at $69 a month and promises unlimited takedowns is paying for capacity you may never use.
Check what's out there before you pick anyone
Give us your details and a Thuros Security team member checks Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube by hand, then emails you every account using your name or photographs. Free, no login, no password, no card. You can take the list to any service in the table.
One flat fee, every fake, four platforms
For a one time $179, a Thuros Security specialist finds every account impersonating you across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube, assembles the evidence, files the impersonation and copyright reports as your authorized representative, re-files where a first decision goes the wrong way, and emails you a report of what came down. Filing starts within one to two business days of your order. Any confirmed fake that is not verified down within 30 days gets its share of the fee refunded.
How the removal works, step by step › · Monitoring plans from $25 a month ›
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest way to remove a fake account?
Filing the platform's own impersonation report yourself, which is free. Every service in the table files through the same public forms. What you pay for is finding every copy, filing each one correctly, and following up when the first decision goes the wrong way.
Is there a one-time fee option, or is everything a subscription?
Most services sell monthly plans. Of the companies we checked in October 2026, two list a one-time fee for removing fake profiles: DMCA.com at $199 per site, and Thuros Security at $179 for every fake found across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.
Can a copyright takedown remove a fake profile?
Only the posts that use your photos or videos. If the fake account took your name and username but posts nothing of yours, a copyright notice has nothing to point at, and you need the platform's impersonation report instead.
Can any of these services find out who made the fake account?
No. Platforms only disclose who is behind an account under a court order, which takes a lawyer. A removal service can get the account taken down; it cannot unmask the person running it.
Sources
The first seven sources were read on 10 October 2026, the next five on 20 October 2026. If something here is out of date, email team@thurossecurity.com and we will correct it.
- DMCA.com takedown pricing: dmca.com/Takedowns.aspx
- Ceartas pricing and plan comparison: ceartas.io/pricing
- BranditScan pricing: branditscan.com/pricing
- Remove.tech pricing: remove.tech/pricing
- Loti plans and limits: lotiai.com/faqs
- Meta Verified for creators: meta.com/meta-verified; Meta One plans: meta.com/meta-one-plans
- Minc Law fees: minclaw.com/how-it-works
- DMCA Masters: dmcamasters.com/pricing and its impersonator-removal page
- Fraudox pricing: fraudox.com/pricing
- Likeness plans: likenesshelp.com
- RemoveWise pricing: removewise.com/pricing
- ZeroFox: zerofox.com/pricing
- Not included: ImpersonationRemoval.com returned an error on every page on 20 October 2026, so we could not check its prices.
- Thuros Security: the $179 removal and monitoring plans
This comparison is general information, not legal advice. Thuros Security sells the removal and monitoring services described in the first two rows. Competitor prices and features are as listed on each company's own website on 10 or 20 October 2026.